December 13 reading ideas
Finding reading ideas for this date…
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Explore horses and how cacao becomes cocoa. Check the selected year for readings about choir music or Sweden’s Lucia tradition.
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The International Federation for Choral Music places World Choral Day on or around the second Sunday of December. Compare factual and fictional readings about singing together.
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Explore this topic through Music Reading Passages.
Open collectionExplore this topic through Fifth Grade Lunchtime Choir: Try Something New!.
Read passageExplore this topic through The Harmonious Brain: How Singing Impacts You.
Read passageExplore this topic through Voices of Resilience: The History of Isicathamiya.
Read passageNotice how Beethoven’s Ninth combines voices and instruments and discuss how musical parts collaborate.
Read passageUse the fictional frogs’ choir to practice listening for harmony and distinguish story from music facts.
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Read about the free-roaming horses of Cumberland Island and consider how wildlife, habitats, and people can affect one another.
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Use Animals Reading Passages as related background or for comparison.
Open collectionExplore this topic through Inside the Horse Capital: An Interview with a Kentucky Farm Manager.
Read passageExplore this topic through Leo's Horse Adventure.
Read passageExplore this topic through Balancing the Wild: The Case for Managing Wild Horses on Steens Mountain.
Read passageIdentify the report’s claims about Cumberland Island horses and habitats, then separate observed evidence from management recommendations.
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The informal National Cocoa Day on December 13 connects a warm drink with the cacao plant, processing and food production.
Sequence cacao processing and distinguish seeds, nibs, cocoa butter and cocoa powder.
Read passageMore reading for this time of year, alongside today’s special dates.
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Christmas reading for the December 1–25 teaching window, alongside the day’s own date-specific topics.
Explore themeChristmas reading for the December 1–25 teaching window, alongside the day’s own date-specific topics.
Open collectionChristmas reading for the December 1–25 teaching window, alongside the day’s own date-specific topics.
Open collectionChristmas reading for the December 1–25 teaching window, alongside the day’s own date-specific topics.
Open collectionChristmas reading for the December 1–25 teaching window, alongside the day’s own date-specific topics.
Open collectionChristmas reading for the December 1–25 teaching window, alongside the day’s own date-specific topics.
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Explore horses and how cacao becomes cocoa. Check the selected year for readings about choir music or Sweden’s Lucia tradition.
